Here's my idea for Christmas in a recession - the best gift you can give anyone is TIME.
Gifts are a lovely way of showing love & friendship - but at some stage whatever is given or received breaks, gets worn out, is eaten, is packaged in material that needs to be got rid of or is something that just sits in a corner, unused, or in a cupboard unseen and forgotten.
Spending time with the people you would normally buy some little gift for will give them something which costs nothing but so few people can "afford" because they are always rushing around. Time is something no one can buy, time is priceless.
Weather permitting spend a day going for a walk in a park or a forest area.
Invite people to your home for an afternoon or evening.
Visit elderly family and friends, do something for them that they really need done but are unable to do it themselves.
Whatever way you decide to spend time - the memory lasts forever.
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